Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaduling
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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *gadilingaz (“kinsman, relative”).[1] Compare Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (gadiliggs, “kinsman”).
Noun
[edit]*gaduling m[2]
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *gaduling | |
| Genitive | *gadulingas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *gaduling | *gadulingō, *gadulingōs |
| Accusative | *gaduling | *gadulingā |
| Genitive | *gadulingas | *gadulingō |
| Dative | *gadulingē | *gadulingum |
| Instrumental | *gadulingu | *gadulingum |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: gædeling, geaduling
- Old Saxon: gaduling, *gediling
- Old Dutch: *gediling
- Middle Dutch: gēdelinc
- Old High German: gatuling, gataling, gatiling, *getiling
References
[edit]- ^ A Reader in Nineteenth Century Historical Indo-European Linguistics. (1967). United Kingdom: Indiana University Press, p. 124
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 252: “PWGmc *gaduling”